Business
25 Sep, 2026
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Sandals to earn about US$600m a year, Royal Caribbean deal implies
Royal Caribbean Group’s agreement to buy half of Sandals Resorts International implies the Jamaican hotel chain will earn roughly US$600 million a year in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation…
25 Sep, 2026
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Rusal seeks buyers for Windalco as it pulls back from the Caribbean
Russia’s largest aluminium producer, UC Rusal, has started looking for buyers for its Windalco alumina complex in Jamaica and its bauxite operations in Guyana, US-based Bloomberg News reported, citing…
25 Sep, 2026
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Cedric E. Stephens | Hurricane Melissa and the ‘endurance economy’ – The recovery we are enduring
In a recent series of articles, Professor C. Justin Robinson, pro-vice-chancellor and principal of The University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus, introduced the concept of the ‘endurance…
25 Sep, 2026
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Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created
The heads of major artificial intelligence (AI) firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that…
25 Sep, 2026
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Meta bets big on wearable AI as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom
Meta is going all in on a consumer-friendly AI agent and pushing forward with AI-powered wearable devices during a moment in the industry when its CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged it is a “wild time…
25 Sep, 2026
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UN chief urges global AI cooperation, says world can’t afford ‘race to the bottom on AI safety’
The United Nations chief urged global competitors in artificial intelligence (AI) on Wednesday to cooperate in addressing threats from the technology, warning that “the world cannot afford a race to…
24 Sep, 2026
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Melania Trump rings New York Stock Exchange opening bell to launch new women’s initiative, Imperia
Melania Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday to promote her new initiative to help women become leaders and achieve economic power. It’s called Imperia, and…
23 Sep, 2026
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JBG forensic sweep finds no new irregularities amid $6.8b loss
Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) said it conducted a forensic review of its electronic communications and found no accounting irregularities beyond those already disclosed, the poultry group said in…
23 Sep, 2026
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Broke by month-end: Cash crunch drives look at fortnightly pay
Jamaican employers and trade unions are split over whether to move the country’s monthly paid workers onto fortnightly pay, a change that would lift nobody’s salary but would halve the wait between…